Richard Tyner (abt. 1740 - 1824)

Born about 1740 in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Husband of Agnes (Unknown) Tyner — married 1760 in Johnston, Province of North Carolina

Husband of Elizabeth Jane (Abbey) Tyner — married 1761 (to 1779) in Johnston, Province of North Carolina

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1824 at about age 84 in Elbert County, Georgia, USA

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Biography

There are no records for the origin or birth of Richard Tyner. A previous version of this profile attached as parents, without any source, John Harris Tyner and Sarah Adair. Until a reliable source can be found, they have been detached.

His DAR entry says that he was born in Virginia in 1740, ^[1] other trees say he was born in North or South Carolina. The 1820 U.S. Census only lists him as "over 45." ^[2]

Richard Tyner is listed as a militiaman from Wilkes County, serving at the Battle of Kettle Creek in February, 1779. ^[3] For his service he received a land grant in Wilkes County, Georgia (this area became Elbert County in 1790) in 1784 for Revolutionary War service. ^[4] Richard appears on a 1791-1793 jury list in Elbert County. ^[5] He was a "fortunate drawer" in the Georgia Land Lottery of 1806, receiving additional land in Elbert County. ^[6]

He is included in an 1815 tax record in Elbert County, but the only census record that seems to include him is the 1820 U.S. Census in Elbert County (cited above). In 1821 Richard filed a claim for compensation for propertly lost to the Creek Indians during the Revolutionary War. ^[7]

Richard made his will in September, 1824. He named sons and daughters Abigail Crittendon, Richard Tyner, Jr. , Harris, Samuel, May (Begley?), Tamar Hunt, Joshua, Francis McGuire, Noah (or his heirs) Elizabeth Boatright, Martha Bird, Agnes Crump. Harris and the children of daughter Charity Bird were to equally share his enslaved people, stock, furniture, etc. ^{[8] [9]}

Children ( all named in will, need add'l sources for birth dates):

1. Abigail (Crittenden) 1786-1856(?) Find-a-Grave says without documentation this is the correct person. ^[10]
2. Charity (Bird)^[11]
3. Frances (McGuire)
4. Harris, (b. bef. 1776, d. 1844 ^[12]
5. Joshua,
6. Mary/May (Riley)
7. Noah (died before Feb,1827, his share of the estate went to his heirs),
8. Richard, Jr. (b. aft. 1775) ^[13]
9. Samuel (died before Feb, 1827, his share of the estate went to his heirs)
10. Tamar (Hunt) (1768- 1840)^[14]
11. Elizabeth (Boatright)
12. Agnes (Crump)
13. Martha (Bird)

Research Notes

No wife is named in any record.

Was he the Richard of North Carolina or Richard of South Carolina (or both)?

North Carolina: Richard Tyner received a grant of 700 acres in Johnston County in 1761. ^[15] This land was supposedly sold in 1769. ^{[citation needed]} There is supposedly a Bible record for son Joshua stating that Joshua was born in Johnston County, N.C. in 1769.

South Carolina: Richard Tyner received 150 acres in Granville County, S.C. in 1769 . ^[16] A 1780 Jury list from Ninety-six District includes Richard Tyner, of "Rocky River." ^[17]

No record includes name "William" this may be a conflation with a Revolutionary War soldier by that name from North Carolina. ^[18]

There are multiple stories regarding the attack on the family by Creek Indians. ^{[19] [20]} that seem to originate from George White's "Historical Collections of Georgia," from 1858. ^[21] This story is repeated in The Official History of Elbert County, Georgia.^[22] Richard filed a claim for compensation, so clearly there was an attack. However, he made no mention of the deaths of a wife or children. ^[23] Other Tyner families have a story of an Indian attack and the death and/or capture of family members.

Disproven Spouse

There is no connection to the Cherokee woman Agnes Dougherty born about 1818 who cannot possibly be the wife of a man who died in 1824. This confusion seems to arise from James Hicks' Cherokee lineages web site which contains the following: "AGNES5 DOUGHERTY, b. Abt. 1818; m. BLACK HAW; b. Abt. 1816. Notes for BLACK HAW: Other sources have a Sookie Dougherty marrying a Richard Tyner and that Richard lived on the edge of Black Haw Swamp. Could Richard Tyner be aka Black Haw?" ^[24]

There is no documentation to support Hicks' suggestion, and the couple in Hicks' tree lived in the 19th century, not the 18th. There is nothing to suggest that the man in this profile was ever called "Black Hawk" or "Black Haw."

Sources

1. ↑ DAR Patriot #A060464
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLW-67R : accessed 27 August 2021), Richard Tyner, Christian, Elbert, Georgia, United States; citing p. 163, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 175,767.
3. ↑ Stirring Up the Hornet’s Nest. Lamar Institute, Savannah, Georgia, 2009. militia
4. ↑ https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/platindex/id/34750/rec/5
5. ↑ Lamar and Rothstein, compilers. The Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia (digitized at Ancestry.com) Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD., 1989. p. 89
6. ↑ "Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C3MX-4J6Z : 2 March 2021), Richard Tyner, 1809.
7. ↑ claim
8. ↑ Georgia, Elbert County, Estate Records; Author: Georgia. Inferior Court (Elbert County); Probate Place: Elbert, Georgia Description: Estates, Tyner, Ida W-Upshaw, Leroy Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Georgia County, District and Probate Courts.
9. ↑ returns of estates, 1825, receipt to Wm. Boatright in right of his wife, Elizabeth, of John Bird in right of his wife Martha B. and of Elijah Bird gdn of Sarah, Martha, Nancy, and Mary Bird orphans of Billings and Charity Bird. Historical collections of the Georgia chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution. Atlanta, Ga.: C.P. Byrd, state printer, 1926. Vol. III, p. 113. digitized at Ancestry.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160193487/abigail-crittenden : accessed 28 August 2021), memorial page for Abigail Tyner Crittenden (1786–1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 160193487, citing Kirk Chapel Cemetery, Spring Valley, Colbert County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Anna Popejoy (contributor 47516150) .
11. ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJV-WDV : 7 February 2020), Billons Bird and Charity Tiner, 5 Feb 1815; citing Marriage, Elbert, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 209,539.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLW-68K : accessed 28 August 2021), Harris Tyner, Christian, Elbert, Georgia, United States; citing p. 166, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 175,767. (will at Ancestry)
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLW-67R : accessed 28 August 2021), Richard Tyner, Christian, Elbert, Georgia, United States; citing p. 163, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 175,767.
14. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41035803/mary-tamar-hunt : accessed 28 August 2021), memorial page for Mary Tamar Tyner Hunt (1768–1840), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41035803, citing Hunt Cemetery, Dewy Rose, Elbert County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by familyfinder (contributor 48487341) .
15. ↑ https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.78.810&qid=685996&rn=1 land
16. ↑ Tyner, Richard, Plat For 150 Acres In Granville County. Date: 7/29/1769, Colonial Plat Books (Copy Series) (S213184). Digitized at http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/.
17. ↑ Jury Lists, 1778, Acts #1057 (at SC Archives); Page Number: 4; Family Number: 9, transcript at Ancestry.com
18. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-RDZ8 : 1 March 2021), William Tyner, 01 Aug 1782; citing Military Service, North Carolina, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 102229235.
19. ↑ Noah
20. ↑ Smith
21. ↑ White, George, Historical collections of Georgia. Pudney and Rummel, New York, 1858. p. 500. digitized at Archive.org White
22. ↑ The History of Elbert County,1750-1935, published by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the DAR (1940), pp 30-31, 35, 94-95, 216, 278; see in particular: p 94 (image 105)
23. ↑ claim
24. ↑ https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0009-0013.html#IND9133REF18

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #48688571 Memorial only, no grave or marker
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-RDZ8 : 1 March 2021), William Tyner, 01 Aug 1782; citing Military Service, North Carolina, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 102229235.
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5W9-HZ6K : 1 March 2021), William Tyner, 5 Jun 1785; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140766.
• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-M4NX : 8 March 2021), Richard Tyner, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 213; FHL microfilm 882,731.
• "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD5-KWPV : 3 March 2021), William Tayner, 18 Apr 1813; citing p. 145, volume 023, , , , United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 12; FHL microfilm 350,318.
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLX-BT7 : accessed 22 November 2021), William Tener, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States; citing p. 207, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 9; FHL microfilm 175,768.